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Wallace, George
Wallace, Isabella
Wallace, James
Wallace, Robert
Wallace, Wellington
Wallace, William
Wallach, James
Waller, James
Waller, Kevin Maurice
Wallis, James
Wallis, Marie
Wallis, William
Walpole, Joseph
Walsh, Henry Deane
Walsh, John
Walsh, Margaret
Walsh, Richard
Walsh, William Horatio
Walter, Rebecca
Walters, FJ
Walton, Francis
Walton, Nancy Bird
Wang, Martin
Want, Randolph John
War-re-weer
Warburton, Doreen
Warby, John
Ward, Albert James
Ward, Charles Melbourne (Mel)
Ward, Dudley
Ward, Edward John
Ward, Fred
Ward, Frederick Wordsworth
Ward, Hugh Joseph
Ward, John
Ward, William Humble
Wardell, Robert
Wardell, William Wilkinson
Warden, Sidney
Wardle, WH
Ware, John
Warneford, Jack
Warneke, Bertha
Warner, John Reginald (Reg)
Warren, Guy
Warren, William Henry
Warungin Wangubile Kolbi
Waterhouse, Bertrand
Waterhouse, EG
Waterhouse, Henry

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Wallace, George

Comedian, vaudeville and film star whose career spanned four decades.

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Wallace, Isabella

Soprano who travelled to Sydney with her husband.

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Wallace, James

Scottish civil engineer who became a leader in railway construction in England and the rest of Europe before coming to Sydney to oversee its first railway construction. He was the second Engineer-in-Chief of the NSW Government Railway.

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Wallace, Robert

Scottish-born vice chancellor of the University of Sydney from 1928 to 1947.

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Wallace, Wellington

Flautist who travelled with his brother to perform in Sydney in 1836.

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Wallace, William

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Composer and violinist whose stay in Sydney was short but eventful.

Wallach, James

Wool broker.

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Waller, James

Timber merchant and zoo manager who was in partnership with William Beaumont for 28 years.

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Waller, Kevin Maurice

Public servant, barrister, magistrate and coroner. He was appointed as the City Coroner in 1970 and in 1987 conducted the coronial inquest into the death of Pearl Watson, the Family Court judge's wife killed in 1984 by a bomb at her Greenwich home unit. In 1988 he was the first person to be appointed to the position of New South Wales State Coroner. As State Coroner he conducted inquests into some of the state's most significant cases including the 1989 death of David Gundy, the Kempsey coach crash,  the Newcastle earthquake and the shootings in 1991 at the Strathfield Plaza shopping centre. He held the position until his retirement in 1992. He was the inaugural chair of the Victims Advisory Council from 1992 and the founder of the the Australian Coroners Society in 1991. In 1993 he chaired an independent committee reviewing suicide and other forms of self-harm in the NSW prison system, and a crisis and aged care unit in the Long Bay Correction Centre Hospital was named after him.

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Wallis, James

English-born soldier and commander of the 46th Regiment which ran raids against Aboriginal people near Appin and Airds.

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Wallis, Marie

German born governess who established Ascham School for girls in 1886.

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Wallis, William

Builder and landowner in the Vaucluse area in the 1840s. He was a Trustee of the South Head Roads in 1848.

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Walpole, Joseph

Clergyman and teacher.

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Walsh, Henry Deane

Irish born engineer responsible for the remodelling of Dawes and Millers points and the wharves and cargo handling facilities at Jones and Walsh bays.

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Walsh, John

Building and railway contractor who built railways in Queensland, became Cooktown's first mayor in 1876 and was also the member for Cook in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1878-83. He also worked on the Goulburn to Cooma railway in New South Wales in 1887. Shortly after this project he built Avonmore Terrace in Randwick and lived there until his death.

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Walsh, Margaret

Wife of the prominent builder John Walsh, who constructed and owned Avonmore Terrace in Randwick. After her husband's death in 1893 Margaret Walsh continued to rent out the terraces until 1905.

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Walsh, Richard

Publisher who was editor of Honi Soit at Sydney University before embarking on a career which often generated controversy, and even conviction for obscenity.

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Walsh, William Horatio

Church of England clergyman who used his friendships with members of the upper classes to promote his parochial and educational work among the underprivileged.

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Walter, Rebecca

Proposed as the first teacher at Greenwich, her appointment was short lived as conflicts arose with parents.

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Walters, FJ

Owner of boot factories in Sydney's inner suburbs.

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Walton, Francis

Mariner who mastered Friendship during the First Fleet voyage.

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Walton, Nancy Bird

Pioneering aviator.

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Wang, Martin

Chinese Consul General who, with his wife Shu Kan, were the first Chinese to become naturalised Australian citizens in 1956.

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Want, Randolph John

Solicitor, politician and businessman.

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War-re-weer

Aboriginal woman who lived close to Sydney in the earliest days of settlement.

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Warburton, Doreen

English-born actor who appeared in film and television series from the 1960s to the 2000s.

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Warby, John

Convict and explorer who became a respected guide to the Cowpastures, Bargo and the Burragorang Valley, visiting inland Aboriginal tribes and arresting bushranger Patrick Collins.

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Ward, Albert James

Councillor, Deputy Mayor and Mayor of Glebe Council. Expelled from Labor Party in 1939

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Ward, Charles Melbourne (Mel)

Actor, naturalist and marine collector whose interest in marine specimens and later the collection of artefacts and Aboriginal lore, lead to a gallery of native art and natural history at Medlow Bath. He studied and collected around the world and was published in Australian and international scientific journals.

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Ward, Dudley

Architect influenced by German architecture when designing European Modernist style theatres in Australia.

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Ward, Edward John

Eddie Ward was a trade unionist and Australian Labor Party politician who entered Federal Parliament in 1931. He was the member for East Sydney until 1960. Ward had taken an active role as a young man in the Great Strike in 1917, losing his job at the Eveleigh Railway Workshops as a consequence.

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Ward, Fred

Melbourne born furniture and interior designer who was the design consultant for the Reserve Bank of Australia building interiors in the 1960s. He also designed furniture for Admiralty House, Sydney.

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Ward, Frederick Wordsworth

Bushranger who is reputed to have been involved in over 80 major hold-ups and robberies, and famously escaped by swimming from Cockatoo Island in 1863.

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Ward, Hugh Joseph

American actor and comedian who settled in Sydney.

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Ward, John

Early landowner in the Mortlake area.

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Ward, William Humble

The 2nd Earl Dudley who served as Governor-general from 1908 to 1911, and was considered ineffective and unpopular.

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Wardell, Robert

Barrister and newspaper publisher who was notorious for litigation and duelling, and was murdered by escaped convicts on his Petersham estate in 1834.

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Wardell, William Wilkinson

Architect and public servant responsible for many public buildings in Melbourne and Sydney, whilst in private practice he designed many Gothic Revival churches including St Mary's Cathedral.

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Warden, Sidney

Prolific architect who designed many of Sydney's well known pubs for Tooth and Company during the 1920s and 1930s. Throughout his career, he designed or made alterations to 392 hotels.

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Wardle, WH

Formerly Manager of the Royal Pavilion Gardens, London, he erected and managed a dance and entertainment pavilion in Ivanhoe Park, Manly in the 1870s.

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Ware, John

Gay activist.

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Warneford, Jack

Airman in World War I who helped establish Mascot as a centre of aviation.

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Warneke, Bertha

Nurse who worked in Karitane homes in New Zealand and Sydney.

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Warner, John Reginald (Reg)

Dairy farmer who established 'Waratah', also known as Warner's Dairy, over 35 acres (14 hectares) from Sailors Bay Creek to Edinburgh Road, Northbridge. Cows from his dairy grazed on what is now Eastern Valley Way.

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Warren, Guy

Painter whose abstract work focuses on the relationship between man and the natural environment. Winner of the Archibald Prize in 1985.

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Warren, William Henry

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Civil engineer who became the first Professor of Engineering at the University of Sydney. 

After two years’ service with the New South Wales Department of Public Works, Warren initiated the teaching of engineering at the University of Sydney in March 1883.  He remained Head of the Department of Engineering until his retirement at the end of 1925. 

Warren’s main interest was in materials and structures.  He was the author of three editions of a widely used textbook: the first Australia-based publication in this field.  He also imported Australia’s first materials testing machine in 1885, the results from which on Australian materials were of national importance.

Warungin Wangubile Kolbi

Gweagal man from Botany Bay, who exchanged names with Colebee.

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Waterhouse, Bertrand

Interwar architect who drew on Arts and Crafts and Mediterranean influences.

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Waterhouse, EG

Professor of German at the University of Sydney, gardener and renowned camellia expert.

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Waterhouse, Henry

Naval officer who arrived with the First Fleet on HMS Sirius in 1788.

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